Tridactylus

Tridactylus^[1][2] is a genus of pygmy mole crickets, with species recorded from Africa, India, Indo-China and Australia.^[3]

Tridactylus
Tridactylus sp. (Kruger NP, South Africa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Tridactylidae
Subfamily:	Tridactylinae
Genus:	Tridactylus Olivier, 1789
Synonyms
Heteropus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 Trydactylus Salfi, 1935

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:^[3]

• Tridactylus angustus Günther, 1995
• Tridactylus australicus Mjoberg, 1913
• Tridactylus berlandi Chopard, 1920
• Tridactylus bijakherensis Gupta, Shi & Chandra, 2018
• Tridactylus fossor Fabricius, 1798
• Tridactylus major Scudder, 1869
• Tridactylus paradoxus Latreille, 1802 - type species (locality Dieke, Guinea)
• Tridactylus thoracicus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Tridactylus tithonus Blackith & Blackith, 1979

Note: species such as T. capensis and T. peruvianus Chopard, previously placed here, are now in similar genera such as Ellipes and Xya.